Process of making ornamental glass panels



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J. ENDRES & E. SGHOELLIG.

PROCESS OF MAKING ORNAMENTAL GLASS PANELS.

No. 409,834. Patented Aug. 27, 1889. t Hg .L.

F WITIVE-SSESI R LM/wv BY rrbmysm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEF ENDRES AND EDUARD SCl-IOELLIG, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW

YORK.

PROCESS OF MAKING ORNAMENTAL GLASS PANELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,834, dated August 2'7, 1889.

Application filed April 13, 1889. Serial No. 307,181- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEF ENDRES and EDUARD ScHoELmo, both of Long Island City, in the county of Kings and State of New York, citizens of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Processes of Making Ornamental Glass Panels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved process of making ornamental glass panels for furniture and for other purposes; and the invention consists of the following steps: first, coating the rear surface of two glass panels with oil or other paint; secondly, placing said painted surfaces in contact with each other while moist and removing the same so that the uncolored figures form on the same; thirdly, coating said uncolored figures with a paint of different color; fourthly, varnishing the whole back surface.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical transverse section of two glass panels shown as painted on the back and placed in contact with each other. Fig. 2 represents rear elevations of said panels after they are separated from each other, Figs. 1 and 2 representing the second and third stages or process; and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of the glass panels shown as finished and provided with a suitable backing of wood.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In carrying out our improved process of ornamentin g glass panels A, which are intended to be used as a substitute for wood in furniture and for similar applications, glass plates of the required size are first properly cleaned and then painted on the back with oil or other paint B, corresponding to the color of any desired wood. The so-painted surfaces are placed while in moist condition back to back and then removed quickly, so that the arbitrary figures O are formed on the surface of each plate, which figures contain no color, the

color being crowded by the suction exerted on the same in separating the plates in thicker layers onto the remaining surface of the plates. Another colored paint, different from the one first applied, is then given to the rear surface of the plates, this color representing the grain of the wood. The entire rear surface of the panel is then coated with a suitable protecting varnish and the same, either backed with wood or other plates D, inserted directly into their proper places in the furniture or other articles in which they are to. be used. Glass panels ornamented in this manner present a very ornamental appearance and are very durable, as they do not shrink or change, while they can be readily cleaned and i equire no polishing, like the surface of wood.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The process herein described of ornament ing glass panels, which consists of thefollow ing steps: first, coating the rear surfaces of two glass plates of equal size with oil or other color; secondly, placing the painted surfaces in contact and separating the same, so as to produce unc-olored figures of irregularsize on both plates; thirdly, painting the uncolored portions with a color different from the first applied, and, lastly, covering the entire rear surface of the panels with a protecting coating of varnish, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEF ENDRES. V EDUARD SCHOELLIG. \Vitncsses:

PAUL GoEPEL, JOHN A. STRALEY. 

